Required Skills-
- Be able to photoshop a mask on your boss' face in pictures for social media.
The Gatekeeper.
Homer Dumbarse.
StateFan2001 will probably respond to this because he isn't smart enough to understand how ignore works.
May 2021.
— NYC Angry Mom (@angrybklynmom) February 7, 2022
That is the day when @CDCgov publicly acknowledged that young males were at higher risk of myocarditis, based on both data from Israel & the US Military.
It is Feb 2022, & they are *just now* seriously discussing delaying the 2nd dose.https://t.co/PPvuS3B0D5
packgrad said:
Yep.May 2021.
— NYC Angry Mom (@angrybklynmom) February 7, 2022
That is the day when @CDCgov publicly acknowledged that young males were at higher risk of myocarditis, based on both data from Israel & the US Military.
It is Feb 2022, & they are *just now* seriously discussing delaying the 2nd dose.https://t.co/PPvuS3B0D5
Oldsouljer said:
I feel like you're adding a dimension to what I said. Never meant to say that wearing masks are universally bad for you, they have their place for the right purposes. But an eight hour wear time while sitting behind a desk is not a historically normal practice, and who knows if there are long term effects that have yet to be determined? I'm just frustrated that supposedly competent authorities at CDC/NIH don't know better than to impose one-size-fits-all solutions on the general population
Wayland said:
So Mormad, are things finally starting to break there? Still fighting the backlog in the halls?
Good to hear. I am sure the spines are grateful.Mormad said:Wayland said:
So Mormad, are things finally starting to break there? Still fighting the backlog in the halls?
Things are slowly receding. I don't have specific numbers for you yet. They cancelled elective surgery for a fifth week in a row, but my group decided enough was enough, our pts have suffered long enough, and made our cases Priority One and we did 8 surgeries at the Big House today. I did 3 big spines today... It feels good to be back, friend.
California to ease mask requirements, starting Feb 16th.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 7, 2022
wolfman18 said:California to ease mask requirements, starting Feb 16th.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 7, 2022
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California will end mask mandate on Feb. 15, lifts negative test requirement to visit hospitals, nursing homes.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 7, 2022
Mormad said:Wayland said:
So Mormad, are things finally starting to break there? Still fighting the backlog in the halls?
Things are slowly receding. I don't have specific numbers for you yet. They cancelled elective surgery for a fifth week in a row, but my group decided enough was enough, our pts have suffered long enough, and made our cases Priority One and we did 8 surgeries at the Big House today. I did 3 big spines today... It feels good to be back, friend.
Yes, Chairman Roy's blue county minions will be feeling very isolated soon if they don't join the mainstream. I guess my two years of telework punctuated by an occasional visit to the workplace is coming to an end. Goodbye easy chair, TV, day trading, afternoon naps, and saved gas and wear and tear on my vehicles.Wayland said:wolfman18 said:California to ease mask requirements, starting Feb 16th.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 7, 2022
Seen a bunch of March dates coming out. Dam is breaking.
Oldsouljer said:Yes, Chairman Roy's blue county minions will be feeling very isolated soon if they don't join the mainstream. I guess my two years of telework punctuated by an occasional visit to the workplace is coming to an end. Goodbye easy chair, TV, day trading, afternoon naps, and saved gas and wear and tear on my vehicles.Wayland said:wolfman18 said:California to ease mask requirements, starting Feb 16th.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) February 7, 2022
Seen a bunch of March dates coming out. Dam is breaking.
Given this and New Jersey, Democrats internal polling must be atrociousstatefan91 said:SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California will end mask mandate on Feb. 15, lifts negative test requirement to visit hospitals, nursing homes.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 7, 2022
Probably, but the fatigue has probably set in everywhere as well. I don't think there's any polling that would show support for continued COVID restrictions unless something significant happens RE: variants that are super contagious and super deadly as compared to where we're at currently.FlossyDFlynt said:Given this and New Jersey, Democrats internal polling must be atrociousstatefan91 said:SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- California will end mask mandate on Feb. 15, lifts negative test requirement to visit hospitals, nursing homes.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 7, 2022
FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
Internal polling for Democrats on the continuation of pandemic restrictions must be catastrophic. It's no coincidence that they're all talking about removing those restrictions the same week that Newsom, Garcetti, Abrams and Slotkin all get destroyed publicly for their hypocrisy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 8, 2022
It had to happen at some point. If it was a total conspiracy that restrictions were terrible no matter what, you would've seen this happening even during the apex of the Omicron wave. Instead we're hopefully on the final downslope, you're seeing other Western nations drop all their restrictions, and the fatigue has set in across political lines.FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
What always astonishes me is that these folks have all of these staffers and interns and social media managers and no one thought to themselves, hmmm maybe this post won't go over too well.packgrad said:FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
100% correct.Internal polling for Democrats on the continuation of pandemic restrictions must be catastrophic. It's no coincidence that they're all talking about removing those restrictions the same week that Newsom, Garcetti, Abrams and Slotkin all get destroyed publicly for their hypocrisy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 8, 2022
PackPA2015 said:What always astonishes me is that these folks have all of these staffers and interns and social media managers and no one thought to themselves, hmmm maybe this post won't go over too well.packgrad said:FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
100% correct.Internal polling for Democrats on the continuation of pandemic restrictions must be catastrophic. It's no coincidence that they're all talking about removing those restrictions the same week that Newsom, Garcetti, Abrams and Slotkin all get destroyed publicly for their hypocrisy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 8, 2022
Mayor of Boston said earlier this week that she expects to return to mask mandates and restrictions again in the late Fall/Winter. Some of them will never let go of the notion they can control what happens with mandates.Wayland said:PackPA2015 said:What always astonishes me is that these folks have all of these staffers and interns and social media managers and no one thought to themselves, hmmm maybe this post won't go over too well.packgrad said:FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
100% correct.Internal polling for Democrats on the continuation of pandemic restrictions must be catastrophic. It's no coincidence that they're all talking about removing those restrictions the same week that Newsom, Garcetti, Abrams and Slotkin all get destroyed publicly for their hypocrisy.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 8, 2022
The hilarious part of all this will be the excuse "The science has changed" and that will be their get out of jail free card.
Anytime I hear that, I just want to say "**** off". The science didn't change, you were wrong. Own it, accept it, move on. We have all been wrong at times... but it has been obvious since very early on that these closures and mandates were failed policies and yet people dug in because of politics.
And yet still.... they will fall back on "The science has changed" rather than provide a mea culpa. We will be less likely to repeat these mistakes if policy makers just say admit the policies failed because they were bad NOT because of some mystical science change.
But yet here was your god just 3 weeks ago...statefan91 said:It had to happen at some point. If it was a total conspiracy that restrictions were terrible no matter what, you would've seen this happening even during the apex of the Omicron wave. Instead we're hopefully on the final downslope, you're seeing other Western nations drop all their restrictions, and the fatigue has set in across political lines.FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
Not sure why you think I have any fondness for Dr. Fauci. I have been consistent in my exasperation for the different lockdowns we go through based on the CDCs advice, especially with kids in school and daycare.TheStorm said:But yet here was your god just 3 weeks ago...statefan91 said:It had to happen at some point. If it was a total conspiracy that restrictions were terrible no matter what, you would've seen this happening even during the apex of the Omicron wave. Instead we're hopefully on the final downslope, you're seeing other Western nations drop all their restrictions, and the fatigue has set in across political lines.FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-anthony-fauci-pushback-masks-vaccination-very-disturbing-2022-1
The mayor communicated yesterday that they are reviewing it, but did not expect anything to change for the next couple of weeks. Sounds like March - maybe? Also, this would be independent of the school decisions. Last week, the Wake Co. school board decide to continue masking for the rest of February and they will not address it again until early March. Realistically, I do not see Wake Co. schools changing the mask mandate policy until mid-March at the earliest. I would not be surprised it they wait until end of March or April. Remember, this is the group of clowns that debated masking 2 year olds.metcalfmafia said:
So is Raleigh gonna follow suit and drop the mask mandates as well?
Oh, I don't know... maybe a commercial with 5-8-10 comes to mind?statefan91 said:Not sure why you think I have any fondness for Dr. Fauci. I have been consistent in my exasperation for the different lockdowns we go through based on the CDCs advice, especially with kids in school and daycare.TheStorm said:But yet here was your god just 3 weeks ago...statefan91 said:It had to happen at some point. If it was a total conspiracy that restrictions were terrible no matter what, you would've seen this happening even during the apex of the Omicron wave. Instead we're hopefully on the final downslope, you're seeing other Western nations drop all their restrictions, and the fatigue has set in across political lines.FlossyDFlynt said:
I agree completely, I just find the timing of all of it a little too coincidental for it to not be a concerted effort
https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-anthony-fauci-pushback-masks-vaccination-very-disturbing-2022-1
California will lift its universal mask mandate for public places next week, but K-12 students (who are at a profoundly lower risk) will still be required to wear masks. https://t.co/nKig5qr6E6
— Marty Makary MD, MPH (@MartyMakary) February 8, 2022
This is happening because our public health priorities are upside down.
— Allison Krug MPH (@KrugAlli) February 8, 2022
Deaths concentrated among older, unvaccinated.
Instead of resources/time/media pushing kid-oriented policy, we should be laser-focused on outreach to older adults. https://t.co/N04J2850DT
Some folks refuse to let go of their masks and don't want others to be allowed to either.Quote:
On the heels of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that put the kibosh on a statewide school masking mandate, lawyers in the Keystone State are trying a new tack to reinstate a classroom mask requirement suing individual school districts in federal court on the grounds that they are failing to protect medically vulnerable students.
Over the last month, at least four nearly identical lawsuits have been filed in Pittsburgh- and Philadelphia-area school districts that recently made masks optional, accusing them of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a civil-rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
The lawsuits, all filed on behalf of unnamed students with disabilities, claim that not requiring universal masking forces parents of "medically fragile" children to make a "shockingly unfair or unjust decision of deciding whether to pull their children out of in-person learning, causing mental harm and havoc on the child and family, or face the quantifiably increased risk of physical harm caused by exposure to severe illness or death as a result of COVID-19."
They are using the same ADA tactic in Virginia to counter their new governor's orders.PackFansXL said:
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mask-optional-schools-hit-with-suspiciously-identical-suits-alleging-ada-violations/Some folks refuse to let go of their masks and don't want others to be allowed to either.Quote:
On the heels of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that put the kibosh on a statewide school masking mandate, lawyers in the Keystone State are trying a new tack to reinstate a classroom mask requirement suing individual school districts in federal court on the grounds that they are failing to protect medically vulnerable students.
Over the last month, at least four nearly identical lawsuits have been filed in Pittsburgh- and Philadelphia-area school districts that recently made masks optional, accusing them of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a civil-rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
The lawsuits, all filed on behalf of unnamed students with disabilities, claim that not requiring universal masking forces parents of "medically fragile" children to make a "shockingly unfair or unjust decision of deciding whether to pull their children out of in-person learning, causing mental harm and havoc on the child and family, or face the quantifiably increased risk of physical harm caused by exposure to severe illness or death as a result of COVID-19."
Yep, the hard blue jurisdictions in VA are still fighting like freaks to keep masks on little kids with no science to back them. But it will coming to an end pretty soon. If normalcy does not win in the courts (it probably will), a Dem state Senator will join R's to pass a law giving parents the option to mask or not mask their children. The sick part about this whole mess is that mask less kids will be targeted by angry lefty teachers.Daviewolf83 said:They are using the same ADA tactic in Virginia to counter their new governor's orders.PackFansXL said:
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mask-optional-schools-hit-with-suspiciously-identical-suits-alleging-ada-violations/Some folks refuse to let go of their masks and don't want others to be allowed to either.Quote:
On the heels of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that put the kibosh on a statewide school masking mandate, lawyers in the Keystone State are trying a new tack to reinstate a classroom mask requirement suing individual school districts in federal court on the grounds that they are failing to protect medically vulnerable students.
Over the last month, at least four nearly identical lawsuits have been filed in Pittsburgh- and Philadelphia-area school districts that recently made masks optional, accusing them of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a civil-rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
The lawsuits, all filed on behalf of unnamed students with disabilities, claim that not requiring universal masking forces parents of "medically fragile" children to make a "shockingly unfair or unjust decision of deciding whether to pull their children out of in-person learning, causing mental harm and havoc on the child and family, or face the quantifiably increased risk of physical harm caused by exposure to severe illness or death as a result of COVID-19."
Life comes at people pretty fast. I think some politicians are going to have a serious case of whiplash. Remember, it was not the science that caused the CDC to recommend masking students. It was a representative of the teacher's union that sat on the policy advisory board for the CDC.Ripper said:Yep, the hard blue jurisdictions in VA are still fighting like freaks to keep masks on little kids with no science to back them. But it will coming to an end pretty soon. If normalcy does not win in the courts (it probably will), a Dem state Senator will join R's to pass a law giving parents the option to mask or not mask their children. The sick part about this whole mess is that mask less kids will be targeted by angry lefty teachers.Daviewolf83 said:They are using the same ADA tactic in Virginia to counter their new governor's orders.PackFansXL said:
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/mask-optional-schools-hit-with-suspiciously-identical-suits-alleging-ada-violations/Some folks refuse to let go of their masks and don't want others to be allowed to either.Quote:
On the heels of a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that put the kibosh on a statewide school masking mandate, lawyers in the Keystone State are trying a new tack to reinstate a classroom mask requirement suing individual school districts in federal court on the grounds that they are failing to protect medically vulnerable students.
Over the last month, at least four nearly identical lawsuits have been filed in Pittsburgh- and Philadelphia-area school districts that recently made masks optional, accusing them of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, a civil-rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
The lawsuits, all filed on behalf of unnamed students with disabilities, claim that not requiring universal masking forces parents of "medically fragile" children to make a "shockingly unfair or unjust decision of deciding whether to pull their children out of in-person learning, causing mental harm and havoc on the child and family, or face the quantifiably increased risk of physical harm caused by exposure to severe illness or death as a result of COVID-19."
With bipartisan support, Va Senate approves Dem @ChapPetersen floor amendment to R @Dunnavant4VA bill giving parents the right to choose if their kids wear masks. pic.twitter.com/xH2Bm8wgoj
— Laura Vozzella (@LVozzella) February 8, 2022
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Mad Science: Researchers Now Putting COVID mRNA Vaccines Into Vegetables To Vaccinate The Unvaccinated
Researchers are now experimenting with the idea of placing mRNA vaccines in lettuce and other agricultural crops, reports say.
The National Science Foundation is funding this study, having committed more than half a million dollars in grant for the mRna-in-lettuce initiative, NOQ Report revealed.
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NOQ Report indicated that one possible motive behind this project is the fact that many do not want to get vaccinated against COVID-19. By putting the vaccines in the food people eat (including tomatoes, as seen in the video above), more can get inoculated - especially those who refuse the jab but don't know the salad on their table is enough to vaccinate them.
More plant-based vaccines being tested
According to a report published last month by DW News, scientists claim that rice, corn, potatoes, and lettuce may all be utilized to manufacture antibodies. Biotech companies are reportedly conducting clinical studies with their plant-based medicines or are seeking permission from regulatory authorities in order to fight diseases such as "ebola, norovirus, and COVID-19."